And although they can’t help glancing at D. Lely when he’s dancing,
Think Miss Brandram’s song entrancing, and give Grosssmith an encore,
Still all cry, “Oh, Gilbert, Gilbert, change this title “Ruddygore.”
Not in spelling—we want more.”
The Pall Mall Gazette.
About a week after the production of Ruddygore (January, 1887), when both the opera and its title were being adversely criticised, Mr. Gilbert jocularly remarked: “I propose altering the title of the piece, and calling it ‘Kensington Gore; or, Not so good as the Mikado.’”
An Artist’s Ravin’.
(Apro-Poe of the Royal Academy Exhibition.)
In my studio, listless, dreary,